Rope clamp



Patented Dec. 13, V19.27.

UNITED STATES PATENT orifice` y HUGH '.r. DYER, or AUBURN, CALIFORNIA.

ROPE CLAMP.

Application led May 3,

the character described; to provide a rope clamp consisting ot a single piece o i' wood such as hardwood or the' like to which one end'of the tent rope may be permanently atf tached`;vto provide a slot in one face-of the clamp to receive and securev an intermediate portion ofthe rope so. that a Vbight Ymay be formed about a. stake and a pull .exerted to tighten and secur'eithe rope; and further to provide retaining means on the clamp whereby the clamp is secured against accidental release when applied to the rope and whereby the clamp may be quickly detached or applied. The invention is shown-by way of illustration in the accompanying drawings 1n which: i

Fig. 'll is a planview of' the clamp showing it applied to a tent rope, n f

Fig. 2 isa perspective view of the clamp. Referring to the drawings in detail and particularly Fig. 2, A 4indicates in general the rope clamp forming the subject matter may be constructed ot any suitable Vmaterial but preferably of hardwood or the like. tion 2 and a head section 3. The head sec-- 'tion is substantially rectangular in cross'- section and may be as thick or heavy as desired. In one tace thereof is formed a slot 4. This is angularly disposed with relation to a longitudinal axis drawn through theV clampand the slot is under-cut at opposite ends as indicated at 5 and 6 to form over- 'hanging or projecting lugs? `and 8. The shank or handle end of the clamp ispreterably tapered as indicated at 9 and aholev is drilledvor otherwise formed in the outer end as indicated at 10 to receive and permanently secure the end of a tent rope such as indicated at 11,(see Fig. l), a knot 12v being formed on the end of the rope to prevent it trom-slipping through.

In actual practice the clamp may be used wherever it is desired to tighten or secure a rope, for instance, in connection with clothes Y lines, tent ropes and the like. In Fig. l it may be assumedthat the rope 11 is a tent rope. Itthat is the case, theV outerend .of

of the present application. I Therope clamp'- *vent-ion are more or less'speciiically described It consists of a shank or handle sec-rY 1927. serial n0..18s,451;

the ropev is passedv through the hole 10 and the knot 1Q is formed. lVhen it is desired to secure the rope with relationto a. stake ort-he like such as shown at 14, the rope is passed around Ythe stake to form a bight 15,'

and the intermediate portion of the rope is pressedinto the slot t of the clamp. The clamp isthen grasped at a point intermediate the head 3 and the opposite end, and

It is at ,Y

pulled upwardly along the rope. the same time swung to assume the angular position shown in Fig. l and it thus bites and secures l the rope in the slot. When' the angular position is assumed the rope passes 'through the under-cut portions 5 land 6 or in other words in underthe projecting lugs -7 and 8 and the clamp is thus secured against accidental release 'with relation to the rope regardless of the position assumed.

It-shou-ld be apparent that a clamp such n as here illustrated isexceedingly simple in construction and that it may be quickly ren leased or appliedas it is only necessary to form a bight such as shown at 15 and to torce therope into the slot 4 when it is desired to apply the clamp. Theclamp when applied. vis rigidly secured and due to the angular position which it assumes, slippage or release of the rope is positively prevented'. VWhile certain features of the present in- -and' indicated, I wish it understood that various changes may be resorted to within the scope ot the appended claims; similarly,

that the materials and finish of the'scveralV form thickness, one end of said member being tapered, the larger end of said member having a slot formed in one face to receive and secure a rope, said slot being arranged laterally of the member and at an angle to its longitudinal axis, a pair of projecting lugs on the member and arranged one at each end of the slot and overlying the latter, said tapered. end of the member being formed with an openingtherethrough lying in subn stantially the same plane as the slot.

` HUGH T. DYER. 

